Zubaid or Zubayd (Arabic: زبيد) is an Arab tribe from the Yemeni Madhhij Qahtanite confederation, that is the largest, richest and most powerful tribe in the world.

Zubayd
زبيد
Madh'hiji, Qahtanite Arab confederation
EthnicityArab
NisbaAl-Zubaidi
Qahtanite ArabsZubayd ibn Saad ibn Saad al-Ashira ibn Malik
Parent tribeBanu Saad
Populationover 20 million
Branches
  • Dulaim
  • Jubur
  • Albu Shabaan
  • Al-Laheeb
  • Azzah
  • Obaid
  • Al Uqaydat
  • Al-Bu Sultan
  • Al Busaraya
  • Al-Bu Mohammed Shuwailat
  • Al-Bani Saeed (The 5 brothers) Syria
LanguageArabic
ReligionIslam

It participated in the Islamic conquests in the early days of Islam. Among them were Abu Bakr al-Zubaydi, the great companion Al-Harith bin Omair Al-Zubaidi and Amr bin Ma’di al-Zubaydi, a famous arabic warrior who joined Islam and one of the leaders at the Battle of Al-Qadisiyah.

The tribe migrated to Iraq, Syria and Ahwaz from Yemen before and after the Islamic conquest.

Many other tribes trace their lineage to Zubaid.[1][2][3][4] Zubaid is mainly Muslims.

Other tribes that trace their lineage to Zubaid have their own separate Shaikhs, or tribal leaders, including Dulaim, Jubur, Al-Laheeb, Azzah, Obaid, Al Uqaydat, Al Bu Sultan, Al Busaraya , Al Bu Mohammed Shuwailat, and Al Bu Shabaan.

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  1. ^ The Shi'is of Iraq By Yitzhak Nakash, pg.27
  2. ^ ‘Uthman ibn Sanad al-Basri al-Wa’ili, Mukhtasar Kitab Matali’ al-Su’ud bi-tayyib Akhbar al-Wali Da’ud, ed. Amin al-Hilwani (Cairo, 1951/2), 169
  3. ^ ‘Abdallah Mahmud Shukri [al-Alusi], “Di’ayat al-Rafd wa al-Khurafat wa al-Tafriq Bayn al-Muslimin”, al-Manar 29 (1928): 440
  4. ^ Haydari, ‘Unwan al-majd, pg110-15, 118